The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
NATURAL GAS, WHERE FOUND.
Editor Exchange:

Pittsburg, Pa. Soon after the disCov-
cry some genius conceived an idea
that natural gas could be utilized for
fuel and light. The well was accord
ingly piped and the gas put under
control. 1t proved to he complete
success. The city then began the use
of natural gas, disseminating the use
of coal, wood, oil and coal gas.
Since that time gas wells have been
bored all over the sta tie of Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana, some in Ten
nessee and Iowa. There are probably
two hundred or more natural gas wells
in the United States at present, and
many more are being put down. The
wells range from depth of 22O feet
to 12OOsfeet; the shalowast of any yet
heard from is the we'll at Shelbyville,
Tenn, being only 22O feet deep.
The largest of these gas wells are the
wells at Finley, Ohio, and Hartford
City, Ind. The we'll at Finley is
said to be the largest gas well in the
world and the we'll at Hartford City
is the second largest, The Finley
we'll furnishes over twelve millions
feet of gas per day of twenty-fOur
hours, which is equal to more than
one thousand tons of bituminOus coal.
The Hartford City well furnishes over
nine hundred feet per day, which is
equal to seven hundred and fifty tons
of coal. l have recently visited the
Hartford City wells and will say that
the gas is all that can be desired; ii
is very brilliant and very hot. A
s'ove can be heat red hot with it in
few minutes. Hartford City has
4 been piped, gas posts erected anatht
city is lit up every night The lamp
posts are simply pipe run up per
pendicular, with a burner on the top
the burning gas has no protection
from rain or wind, the wind canno
blow it out neither can the rain rair
} it out. Natural gas can be useC
in any kind of a stove, fire place OIL
CRATE. A cylinder about two inches
, in diameter is used as a burner fol
heating purposes, and is hollow from
, one end to within about one inch o
t the other end. The c, Under is per
, forated about every inch, through
t which the gas flows, the hollow enC
I of which being connected with tn
: gas pipe; the mixer and thumb screV
f are far enough from the stove to pre-
D vent the screw from getting hot. Tn
:, mixer is a concern for mixing the al
: with the gas before it reaches tn
= burner, and can be regulated b.
Q turning the thumb screw.
3 Natural gas is found in what
b known as the trenton rock, and ca
f be found, understand, anywhere b
8 going deep enough. Some loCalitie
Is it is near the surface of the earth an
i in other places thousands of feet BIZ
v low. Many persons believes tbs
e natural gas is generated near the Ger
% ter of the earth and is held With
o by the trenton rock. 1t is found tbs
}. the top Of the trenton rock is yer
hard and Ainty, free from pores, viii
that part of the rock in which the g.
"a is found is porous.
ie Some persons claim that there
q no bed rock in this part of Tennessee
3 Our State GeolOgist says so, but do
y that make it so; he is liable to be mi
5. taken, and has never bored any vel
to ascertain this fact, but seems
base his opinion mainly on the gene
al make up of the country, and fro
w the fact that at one time the count
st between the Tennessee and Arkans
&c rivers was a portion of the Gulf
10 Mexico. Admitting that where Mil
M now stands was once a part OF t
Gulf of Mexico. and taking into CO